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What does the goblet cells secret on the epithelial lining of the respiratory tubes?

Protective mucus

What does the cilia that extend into the mucus do?

Creates a current of mucus that moves any entrapped debris toward the pharynx.

The right lung has how many lobes?

3

The left lung has how many lobes?

2

What does the hilum of the lung represents?

an area where the bronchus and major blood vessels are located.

What adheres to the surface of each lung, including the fissures between the lungs?

Visceral pleura

What covers the internal surface of the thoracic wall and the superior surface of the diaphragm?

Parietal pleura

What is the narrow potential space that is located between the two pleurae and contains pleural fluid?

Parietal cavity

What serves as lubrication during breathing movements, and due to surface tensions, resists respiration of the pleurae?

Pleural fluid

What is the hollow space behind the nose?

Nasal cavity

What is the external opening into the nasal cavity?

naris/nostril

What divides the nasal cavity into right and left portions?

Nasal septum

What increases surface area and air turbulence during breathing?

Nasal conchae

What are the air passageways along the nasal conchae?

Nasal meatus

What is the air-filled spaces that open into the nasal cavity and is lined with the mucous membrane?

Paranasal sinuses

What is often called the throat?

Pharynx

What section of the pharynx is an air passageway only?

Nasopharynx

What are the two section of the pharynx that is a passageway for air and food?

Oropharnyx and Layngopharynx

What is the airway enlargement superior to the trachea?

Larynx

The vocal cords consists of two folds. What fold is the upper folds but does not produce sounds?

The vestibular folds

What is another name for the vestibular folds?

False vocal cords

The vocal cords consists of two folds. What fold vibrate when exhaling to produce sounds

Vocal folds.

What is another name for vocal folds?

True vocal cords

What is the "Adam's Apple?"

The thyroid cartilage

What is the largest hyaline cartilage of the larynx that is covered by part of the thyroid gland?

The thyroid cartilage

What is the complete ring of hyaline cartilage of inferior larynx?

Cricoid cartilage

What connects thyroid and the cricoid cartilages?

Cricothyoid ligament

What covers part of the larynx opening during swallowing?

Epiglottis

What is the elastic cartilage supporting epiglottis?

Epiglottis cartilage

What are vocal cords attached to?

Arytenoid cartilages

What are the small cartilage superior to the arytenoid cartilages?

corniculate cartilages

What is the vocal folds and the opening between them?

Glottis

What is the windpipe?

Trachea

What are the branched airways extending throughout lungs?

Bronchial treee

What branch of tAnother name for the right and left bronchi?

Primary bronchi

What is another name for the secondary bronchi?

Lobar bronchi

What is another name for the tertiary bronchi?

Segmental bronchi

Where is the location of external respiration between alveoli and blood capillaries?

Lung

What is the medial indentation where main bronchus, blood vessels, and nerves enter lung?

Hilum of lung

What is the serous membrane on surface of lung?

Visceral pleura

What is the serous membrane on inside of thoracic wall and superior surface of diaphragm?

Parietal pleura

What is the small space between pleurae containing lubricating serous fluid?

Pleural cavity

What involves the movement of air from outside the body through the bronchial tree and into the alveoli and the reversal of this air movement to allow gase (oxygen and carbon dioxide) exchange between air and blood?

Pulmonary ventilation/ breathing

What causes the movements of pulmonary ventilation?

Changes in size of thoracic cavity that results from skeletal contractions

When does the size of the thoracic cavity increases?

Inspiration

The volumes of air that move in and out of the lungs during various phases of breathing are called?